The White of the Eye.

(Laura Spivak. 2010. Written for the exhibition
El eco de sus risas” (The echo of their laughter).
Galería Braga Menéndez. Buenos Aires, Argentina.)

 

Freedom is synonymous with sincerity, spontaneity, familiarity, honesty, reliance, simplicity. Relating art to this term does not seem to be a key part of the agenda when talking about contemporary art. More >

 

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Garden dwarfs.

(Et Basualdo. 2007. For the exhibition "Enanos de jardín". (Garden dwarfs) Galería Appetite. Buenos Aires. )

 

Conquest is historically associated to appropriation, to the sum and accumulation of territories, knowledge, supporters. But, when our intention is the conquest of inner spaces, it may frequently refer to giving up and abandoning part of what we had. More >

 

The tree, the apple mouth and the dick.

(Florencia Braga Menéndez. 2008. Written for the exhibition"Si me dieran a elegir preferiría ser gigante". (If I could choose, would rather be a giant) Galería Braga Menéndez. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

Laura’s work is paradigmatically so politically incorrect, so inevitably transgressor, that at the time of presentation, dressing it and giving it a status, many have done what was done before to other serious artists: buy an over performed politically incorrect theoretical frame. More >

 

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About ice creams, fountains and utopias, a particular version of Paradise.

(Leticia El Halli Obeid. 2006. For the art exhibition "El jardín de las mariposas". (The Butterfly garden) Museo de la Universidad de Antioquía. Medellín, Colombia. )

 

Literalism is one of the first findings in relation to poetry: a gesture that reveals the language in its beauty and its absurdity. Children are used to experimenting with this mechanism of repeating a word many times until it becomes a lost sound, empty of sense, extraterrestrial. More >